Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
27209 vases
The wide, shallow drinking cup of the symposium. The interior tondo — revealed as the drinker emptied the cup — was a prized space for painters. Some of the most intimate and inventive compositions appear inside kylikes.
Function & Use
Drinking wine at the symposium
27209 examples
band-cup
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup; lip-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
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